The New York Times is tracking the human toll of the conflict in this feature. The primary source is the online video that has allowed a widening war to be documented like no other, and posts try to put the video into context.
Edited by Liam Stack

A series of videos captured the chaotic aftermath of what activists said was a government artillery strike on the sprawling Palestinian camp in southern Damascus, where many rushed to the aid of a motionless man trapped beneath rubble.

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Restive Palestinian Camp in the Syrian Capital Is Again a Target of Attacks

A series of videos captured the chaotic aftermath of what local activists said was a government artillery strike on a sprawling Palestinian camp in southern Damascus on Thursday. More than a dozen people rushed to the aid of a motionless man trapped beneath the rubble of a charred storefront in the area as a white sedan idled nearby, its horn blaring. The strikes were the latest to target the Yarmouk camp, a dense and restive neighborhood, and left at least one person dead, activists said on Skype.

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What We Know

Residents in the city reported shelling in several areas including the Yarmouk camp. The car horn could be heard in another video, said to be from the same strikes on the camp. Activists on Skype said several people were wounded. The images resembled a previously reported attack on the camp.

What We Don't Know

The nature of the attack, which occurred before the videographers began taping, could not be independently verified. The fate of the man seen in the video was not clear; activists said at least one person, identified as Maher Al-Khateeb, had been killed in the strikes.